Smart Access Guide for NetScaler Gateway, StoreFront and XenDesktop

NetScaler Smart Access is an advanced feature of NetScaler Gateway. Usually, it needs to be used in the following 2 scenarios. 1. NetScaler End Point Analysis EPA is used. 2. Restrict user’s app/desktop visibility if the session is from NetScaler Gateway. In this document, I will focus on scenari...

NetScaler Gateway, StoreFront and XenDesktop Integration Communication Workflow

Topics 1. Introduction 2. Detailed Workflow 2.1 SSL Connection 2.2. Authentication 2.3. Get the App/Desktop List 2.4. Get the ica file 1. Introduction In this article, we will talk about NetScaler Gateway+StoreFront+XenDesktop workflow. I will separate the workflow into 5 steps. 1. SSL...

Slow Logon with a Black Screen in XenDesktop Server VDA.

Logon to XenDesktop Server VDA with OS Windows 2012 R2 is very slow. Black screen displayed upto240 Seconds. When the logon is completed everything workfine. Remote Desktop and console users experience a slow logon with a blank screen before the desktop is eventually rendered. Longer logon times...

Citrix Desktop Viewer Toolbar not Available in XenDesktop when using Receiver StoreFront

The Desktop Viewer Toolbar is not available when launching XenDesktop virtual desktops using the Receiver 3.1 and StoreFront Services...

StoreFront 3.7 and Above - XenDesktop access policy rules cannot be applied on Endpoint

After implementing the steps mentioned in https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2015/07/01/rewriting-the-session-clientname-from-storefront/ , XenDesktop access policy rules cannot be applied on client name as the client host name comes up as WRXXXXX when using Receiver for web . The client name can only ...

"XenDesktop Site is not reachable, check that the Citrix PVS Soap Server service user has XenDesktop permissions and network connectivity" While Promoting vDisk Version

The following error appears while trying to promote an updated version of a vDisk: "XenDesktop Site f0a65a14-f50b-403a-ba3b-77700c7829b7 is not reachable, check that the Citrix PVS Soap Server service user has XenDesktop permissions and network connectivity." The PVS Soap Server service runs as...

Desktop Not Being Deleted from the Delivery Group

Objects not deleting from Citrix Studio XenDesktop 7.6 after deleting in Unidesk 2.9.6.3 via the UMC...

How Do I Remove an Inactive or Non-existent License Server From LUI Reports

This article describes how to remove XenApp and XenDesktop license servers from the License Usage Insights LUI service that are no longer in in use. These servers appear in the Server Status page in the LUI service with a “not reporting” status. Who is affected? Citrix Service Provider partners...

How to Configure Multiple License Types within a Single XenApp and XenDesktop Site

A XenApp and XenDesktop license specifies 3 things: Product, Edition, and Model. Previously, each XenApp and XenDesktop site could only consume one type of license product and model at a time. The 7.14 release of XenApp and XenDesktop now includes support for multiple license products and models...

Error "cannot connect to the hypervisor at <ADDRESS> object reference not set to an instance of an object" when running the XDSW

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard, it can fail with the following error: "cannot connect to the hypervisor at object reference not set to an instance of an object" The string will contain the actual URL of the vCenter Server. This issue can appear when the DataCenter name on the VMWare sid...

PVS targets experience BSOD: IRQL Not Less or Equal on targets created using XDSW when booting for the first time

PVS Target devices created using Xendesktop Setup Wizard are running in toa blue screen of death issue. The error message displayed on the BSOD screen shows the following message: Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then we'll restart for yo...

How to configure PowerShell SDK and execute commands remotely in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x

To configure PowerShell SDK to execute PowerShell commands remotely in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x...

How to configure Pass-Through authentication for Storefront with Internet Explorer

This article describes how to configure Single Sign-on authentication to XenApp/XenDesktop using Internet Explorer. After configuring Single Sign-on, users will be able to connect to their Storefront published applications and launch XenApp/XenDesktop sessions without having to enter their...

FAQ: Kerberos Support for XenDesktop 7.x

Q: Does StoreFront 3.5 support configuring Kerberos authentication with XenDesktop 7.8? A : XenApp 6.5 supports Kerberos but XenDesktop 7.x does not. Going forward Kerberos will be replaced with Virtual Smart cards. This is because of the newer FMA architecture and Microsoft's SAM architecture...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard cannot add machines to an existing catalog

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails to create new devices at the end of the wizard's process. Wizard has no issues connecting to VMWare VShere but fails to create VMs with error: CDFNETERROR,"XdSetupFinish: Clone for device XXXXX-003 exception: System.Exception: vmwware-wsnaprvmvc01 Duplicate template...

Message: "The desktop '*****' is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance" on XenDesktop

Unable to launch desktop. The following message is displayed: "The desktop '' is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance"...

Error: "FullAdmin or MachineAdmin Permission Required" in XenDesktop Setup Wizard

XenDesktop setup wizard fails with permissions error. "XenDesktop FullAdmin or MachineAdmin permission required"...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails on a Hyper-V Environment

The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might fail when creating Targets on a Hyper-V Environment under the following Scenarios: The vDisk is set to any kind of Write Cache that includes a Local Hard disk BDM Partition is selected as the Boot method for the Targets The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might present t...

Error: "An Error Occurred While Making The Requested Connection"

When starting XenDesktop from the Web Interface screen, the following error message might be displayed: “An error occurred while making the requested connection” Upon examining the broker logs, the following error message is displayed: “The Citrix Broker Service failed to validate a user's...

How to Disable File Transfer Feature Using Receiver for HTML5 and Receiver for Chrome

This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only. Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149 for more information. This article describes how to disable file transfer using Receiver for HTML5 and Receiver for Chrome...